Improved safety-beidle



GILBERT W. BARNES, Oli-MOUNT lVERNON, NEW YORK.

Letters PtentNo. 80,897, dated August 11, 1868,

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, GILBERT W, BARNES, of Mount Vernon, 'in the' county of Westchester, and -State of New York, have invented4 a new and improved Safety-Bridle;. and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, andexaet description thereof, which will enable others Askilledlin the art-to make and use the same, reference b-einghad to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relatesto a. new and improved bridle, of that class which have the bit and reins arranged and applied in sucha. manner that, ,by pulling on the reins, the bit will be drawn backward or upward in the mouth, and made tobear against the esh at the angle of the mouth, thereby giving the rider or .driver complete control over the animal.

This principle of drawing the bit upward4 against the angle of the mouth is now very generally conceded by horsemen as being-a. correct one, in order to control a vicious horse, and quite a number of plans have been devised in order to eii'eet that end, allof which have involved a, greater or less additional expense in the manu facture of a bridle. y

The object ot' the present invention is to obtain the result above specified by the simplest possible means, which will not add to the expense of manufacture of abridle, not b e liable to'g'et out of-repair, which will be strong, and certain or'sure in its operation.

The accompanying drawing represents a side view of my invention applied to a horse.

A. represents one ofthe check-straps of a bridle, :Bl the front strap, C'the throat-latch, andlD the bit.

The bit,- instead of being attached directly to the lower ends of the check-straps, as usual, is connected tothem by supplemental straps, E E, and the lower ends of the cheek-straps passthrough the rings a at the ends oi' the bit, the reins F being attached directly to theeheck-straps.

The bit D, it will be seen, is retained in proper position in the horse's mouth by the supplemental straps E E, and by pulling on the reins F, the check-straps will be drawn through the rings a at the ends of the bit, and" the latter drawn upward, and Vmade to bear or press against the angle at theinner end of the mouth,-

and the desired end attained.

The supplementary straps E consist of single straps, united at one end to the sidesof the check-straps, and

each is provided at that lend with a buckle, which is 'to receive and holdA the yother end of said strap." In ,the loop thus formed, the bit is suspended so as to bereadily adjustable and removable when necessary.

Thus, by'this simple arrangement, Il dispense with all pulleys, and the various additional parts now applied to a bridle to eiiect the same purpose, and thereby greatly'economize in the cost of manufacture, besides obtaining a more certain action of the bit under the pull of the' reins, as there is little friction to Vcontend with,

and no part of tho bridle subject to any undue strain.

I disclaim any of the parts, the subject-matter of patent granted to Samuel-B. Hartman, dated June 28, 1864. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as'ncw, and desire to-secure by Letters Patent, is-

Tho supplementary straps E, detachable and adjustable, as'applied and combined with the single checkstrap A of the safety-bridle, substantially asvand for the purpose herein described.

GILBERT W. BARNES.v Witnesses:

'Jenn STEVENS, EMMA J.V ELY'. 

